Identifier
Created
Classification
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03ABUDHABI4671
2003-10-20 13:44:00
SECRET
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Cable title:
UAE PRESIDENT SHEIKH ZAYED: HEALTH UPDATE
how-tonull Diana T Fritz 03/20/2007 04:09:49 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results Cable Text: SECRET SIPDIS TELEGRAM October 20, 2003 To: No Action Addressee Action: Unknown From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 4671 - UNKNOWN) TAGS: PREL, PGOV, PINR Captions: None Subject: UAE PRESIDENT SHEIKH ZAYED: HEALTH UPDATE Ref: None _________________________________________________________________ S E C R E T ABU DHABI 04671 SIPDIS CXABU: ACTION: POL INFO: P/M RSO AMB DCM ECON DISSEMINATION: POL CHARGE: PROG APPROVED: AMB:MMWAHBA DRAFTED: POL:JFMAYBURY CLEARED: NONE VZCZCADI853 OO RUEHC RUEHLO RHEFDIA RUEAIIA RHEHNSC DE RUEHAD #4671 2931344 ZNY SSSSS ZZH O 201344Z OCT 03 FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2138 INFO RHEFDIA/DIA WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY RHEHNSC/NSC WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0727
S E C R E T ABU DHABI 004671
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/FO AND NEA/ARP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/19/2013
TAGS: PREL PGOV PINR TC
SUBJECT: UAE PRESIDENT SHEIKH ZAYED: HEALTH UPDATE
Ref: Albright-Jones 10/16/03 e-mail
(U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Reasons
1.5 (b) and (d).
S E C R E T ABU DHABI 004671
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/FO AND NEA/ARP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/19/2013
TAGS: PREL PGOV PINR TC
SUBJECT: UAE PRESIDENT SHEIKH ZAYED: HEALTH UPDATE
Ref: Albright-Jones 10/16/03 e-mail
(U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Reasons
1.5 (b) and (d).
¶1. (S) The Ambassador learned from MinState for Foreign
Affairs and (newly appointed) Deputy Prime Minister
Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan that his father,
President Zayed, had an operation the morning of October
19 and was resting comfortably in a private wing of a UAE
hospital in London. President Zayed is accompanied by
his wife, Sheikha Fatima, and two of his sons, Sheikh
Mansour and Sheikh Hazaa.
¶2. (S) According to Sheikh Hamdan, who met with the
Ambassador the evening of October 19, the surgeons had to
remove the entire gall bladder because there were too
many stones. Therefore, it seems the President underwent
invasive surgery and not just a laser procedure to remove
stones, as Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Armed Forces COS
and one of Sheikh Hamdan's older brothers, told the
Ambassador October 16 (see reftel). Sheikh Hamdan said
his father had been in a lot of pain and discomfort with
the gall bladder stones that made it difficult for him to
move. Physicians said he could leave the hospital as
early as the next day (Oct. 20),but Sheikh Hamdan said
the family wants President Zayed to stay in the hospital
for a few days.
WAHBA